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How a Major Shift in Chinese Lending is Backfiring Across the Global South
Chinese lending is increasingly shifting from boosting development to helping indebted countries keep the lights on. This is now adding to debt distress across the developing world. AidData, a research group at the College of William and Mary ...
African Students in Wuhan Will Soon Reach a Breaking Point
It's totally understandable why Kenya, Ghana and most other African governments have been reluctant to repatriate their students from Wuhan. These countries are struggling to fortify their defenses against a COVID-19 outbreak and the prospect of bringing home hundreds of potentially infected students is no doubt daunting. ...
Daily Life For Chinese Residents in Addis Ababa is Becoming Increasingly Difficult
With the security situation in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa becoming increasingly tenuous, supply chains for daily necessities are becoming strained making it difficult for everyone, including the city's Chinese diaspora community, to secure enough food, water and other daily necessities. The Guangzhou-based news channel Southern Metropolis ...
It’s Time to Talk About All That Debt
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed took the initiative on Tuesday to talk about the proverbial elephant in the room: with Africa's economies spiraling downwards due to the worsening COVID-19 crisis, how are they ever going to be able to pay back all that money they owe ...
QZ Africa Editor Yinka Adegoke on the Current State of China-Africa Relations
There've been major developments over the past week in the African debt crisis. It appears that Angola and China reached a consensus on how to restructure the estimated $20 billion of loans that Luanda owes Beijing. This deal then paved ...
The South African Government is Making Huawei an Example
The South African Department of Labor’s decision to sue the local subsidiary of the Chinese mobile technology giant Huawei for hiring too many foreign workers could signal a wider crackdown on foreign firms. This comes as the country’s unemployment rate soars and pressure to allocate ...
FOCAC 8: Building Africa-China Relations That Are More Profitable for Africa
This column was written by CORA, the Collective for the Renewal of Africa, based in Dakar. CORA brings together over 100 researchers and scientists, writers, and artists from across Africa and the diaspora. The Africa-China Summit currently taking place in Dakar will close ...
With Inventories Running Low, Businesses Across Africa Worry About What’s Next
The near-halt in aviation and shipping links between China and Africa is causing severe disruptions in the supply chain that stocks the inventories of countless businesses across the continent. Merchants of all sizes and in all sectors are now scrambling to find other suppliers to replace the ...
Ahead of Today’s Summit, Pompeo Issues Fresh Warning to African Leaders About China’s Supposed Intentions on the Continent
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is seemingly trying to downplay today's China-Africa summit with yet another warning to African leaders about Beijing's supposed ill intentions on the continent. In a tweet with an accompanying video published on the State Department's French-language Twitter account, ...
Landry Singé: 3 Things to Watch for at the Russia-Africa Summit That Starts Today
The inaugural Russia-Africa Summit that starts today in the Black Sea city of Sochi will focus on three specific areas, according to Professor Landry Signé from the Africa Growth Initiative at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. "Pragmatic economic cooperation, military-technical partnerships, and ...